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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04

HandsOme New Years Presents.
On New Years Eve q number of engin.
GERS and locomotive firemenof the S.P.R
X. surprised ex-master mechanic James
Velsir and his wife with two handsome
presents as a slight token of their re.
gard and kind remembrance of Mr..
Velsir during his administration of fif
teen years as master mechanic for the
Southern Pacific roads, running out Of
this city. Mrs. Velsir was therecipient
of an elegant crescent breast pin, set in
gold and gold quartz. The pin for Mr..
Velsir was large solitaire diamond,
which he prizes highly, not only for its
purity and intrinsic value, but for asso.
Citations and the kindly greeting Of the
dOnOra
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
A BOLD GAME.
a krenchman RObbeA Of Eleven
Thousand Dollars.

A Erenchman RobbeA Of Eleven
Thousand Dollars.
MOBILE, Ala, January 3.-Louis Ma
din. . Frenohman residiug in this city,
made the startling and unexpected dis.
covery yesterday that he had been
robbed as long ago as. the Both of No.
venber of about 1000, in money and
bonds by bold and successful conf.
dence game. Some time in the latter
part of November Nadin made the ac-
quaiutance of a fellow countryman
lately arrived and the new acquaintance
introduced him to third Frenchman.
The three became very intimate. In the
course of time they succeeded in induc.
ing Nadin to display his wealth by first
showing him large amount Of sureties
in gold VIII ch one of them had IN his
possession in ssssA boz in biz
hotel. Nadin insisted that that was
dangerous proceeding and insisted
on going with him to remove it to q safe
place. As the box was opened and its
gold bonds displayed, Nadin was called
from the room, leaving his own
money behind. whereupon his friend
told him that he had put his tNadin's)
treasure ia his own box, which he turned
over to the Mobile man for safe keeping.
Nadin never suspected anything wrong
until yesterday. when he broke open his
friends box and found there was moth.
ing in IL bat number Of newspapers
and a lot Of old lead. The police have
been notified. Iu tho treasure box Was
found printed card with the inscrip.
ton: IF. Gingham Negociabret. Pas
CHER Suiese."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
JOAN ROACH.
His Death q Question OF . short

Time.
New YORK, January SIT is known
that tor some weeks John Roach, the
great ship builder, has. been. confined to
his residence in gradually failing health.
According to his own desire that his
friends should not be needlessly alarmed
and apprehensive of the effect upon
him of learning the real nature of the
disease from which he is suffering. his
family and physicians have been reticent
in regard to his condition. Mr.. Roach,
however. now realizes fully the impossi-
bility of recovering aud The reason for
concealment no longer exists. In view
of this fact o representative of Mr..
Roach's family tonight made the fol.
lowing statement OF his condition |:
'Mr. Roach is beyond reach of medical
help save in alleviating his sufferings.
which have long been intense. His
disease is epithelioma. and its develop.
ment has been very similar to the case
of General Grant, the location, however,
being the roof of the mouth instead Of
the throat. All efforts to arrest its pro.
gress have failed and only his powerful
constitution has sustained him so long.
He has never seen well day since the
entire nervous prostration consequent
upon his assignment eighteen months
ago. From that crushing blow he could
not rally and the cancer began to de.
velop last January. In March an oper.
alton was performed in the hope that the
disease might be eradicated. In the
summer the trouble returned and it be-
came evident to the physicians that there
was no hopes. Mr.. Roach is now fail.
ing gradually, his agony relieved only
by anodyne."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
A new water Rsuse.

PARIS. January 3.-Russia has con-
cluded arrangements for obtaining fssn
Hersents. of Paris. aloan Of Is. 5.0oQOoo
francs. The money ID to be expended II
the construction of canal from the
eastern extremity Of the gulf Of Perska
in the Black ses. across neck Of land
joining Crimea to the main land. to the
Sea of Asor, in order to afford dirsot
water route from the river Don 10 the
Black Sea. The proposed route would
be shorter, more direct and much easier
from the mouth of the Don to either
Odessa, the mouths Of the Danube,
Sebastopol or the Bosphorus than IL
present one by way Of the Se1ait q
Kertch, which il both roundabout and
difficult. The railways adjacent to this
new water route will be put in direOt
communication with it.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
shot and Killed. .

GALVESTON, January ga special to
the News from Cotulla. Tex, says: Geo.
Hill, one Of the Commissioners of La
Sale county, and leading citizen of
the town Of Twohig, was assassinated
last night. Mr.. Hill was an important
witness at the coroner's inquest ON the
recent killing of Sheriff Mckinney. he
lived long enough to state that his
assassins were Capt. Silas Hay and
Frank r. Hall. Capt. Hay was the
father.in.law Of the late Sheriff McKin-
ney. The State Rangen and the local
authorities are securing the country in
search Of ths sssassins who hsd,
Immediately after firing On their victims.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
THE NEW REGIME.
A ssHerald'' Reporter Makes the
Round of the City OFFICES.

A1VusaO Ol tMV Shby VhIlCeDs
Mayor Workman's court, on His Hon.
or's maiden day as dispenser Of justice
and city jail food. was. filled to overflow.
ing at P. M. There was budget Of
offenders of three days growth, and
most OF those present showed by their
shaky nerves that they were of the D.
and d. persuasion. who were there by
the force of circumstances and bad
conscience. City Attorney DAILY ap.
peared in propria persona as public
prosecutor, and gave each defendant the
full benefit of the language of the com.
plant. H Honor's minimum limit
seemsao BIZ $40 or ten days, which he
inflicted will, great, good gdsto in cases
where whisky caused the offenders to
become too loud .mouthed; il an aggra-
vated case $50 OF sixty days made the
defendant vince. Clerk Blennerhasse ssett
was at his post, and 80 was Counsellor
Clarke, the property clerk, who handled
the wealth of such prisoners as had any
to handle.
City Auditor Teed was fnll Of busi.
ness preparing the papers for the sss.
sion of the Council. He has made no
changes In the persomnel OF his office.
City Tax Collector Fields has appointed
his son, Fred W., a. deputy, City As
SCISSOR Stephenson has no office yet.
His work will only commence in about
four weeks. City Surveyor Fred Eaton
has made NO changes.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
THE COAST.
Reduction of Fruit Freight
Rates.
IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
EtOneman Pard0ns Another Mur-
derer The Sunday Law
Agitators at Work.

Sbecfal 10 the Herald BY the Associated Press.
BAN Francisco, January 3.-The an
nual meeting of the California Fruit
Union which will be held in this city on
the 10th inst. will be called upon to de-
dido two important questions. The late
Horticultural Convention which met in
Sacramento referred to the Fruit Union
with Recommendation for adoption, the
reorganization Of the Fruit Union. The
new plan proposes to permit shippers
and commission merchants to join the
Union. The other vital question which
will come before the meeting will bethAt
Of fruit train rates. In response to a re.
quest for new rates freight manager
Gray, of the Southern Pacific Company.
has written to the Executive Committee
of the Fruit Union Offering new set of
rates. He proposes to allow ten.car
fruit trains a. far as Chicago, guaranteed
except 10 case Of accident, to run within
twelve hours of passenger time. at rate
Of $500 per car, The concession OF ten
or trains instead Of fifteen is considered
: valuable one by the Union but the
price is an increase of 500 per car on
existing rates for fifteen car train. For
cars in lots of less than ten and attached
to regular passenger trains, Mr.. Gray
offers to reduce the present rate from
$500 to $500. For slow freight o reduc.
tion on the present rate of $500 to $2lO
il rendered. Altogether the fruit men
are not satisfied with the proposed new
rates. The Horticultural Convention
asked . $500 rate for ten car trains run.
ming on strictly passenger train time and
5000 for slow freight.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Los Angeles Yacht club.

The Los Angeles Yacht Cluby yesterday
filed articles Of incorporation with the
County Clerk. The purpose for which
the association is formed is TO organize
and maintain yacht club in the city Of
Los Angeles and to purchase. lease. let,
&C., yachts, boats, fresh water ind
m marine craft and other real properly nec-
essary to the club, organised for the
purpose OF pleasure and profit. The
directors are BENZ. 4. Ward, A. J. Har.
rell, j. w. Montgomery, II. H. Bryce,
Daniel Mcfarland, H. L. Hazard, w. A.
Clinton. R. Ranney, G.. w. Williamson,
J. B. Owens, G. o. Scott. The capital
stock is 5000, divided into 80 shares,
and is fully sub .cribed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
FOREIGN.
Changes in the English
Cabinet.
NEW WATER ROUTE PROPOSED.
A Roman Palace Burned, Kntoi]-
ing Great Loss - French
Political News.

Especial y tAe Hsrald bS ~ lsess6sseS ~.
LONDON, January s.-Mr. Gosakea.
although be will not be the conservative
in the House Of Commons, obtains sodup
troll Of the appointmsnts. Sir B. a,
Gross and Lord Iddssleigh have eGnu1
to resign in order to naks rooa * ~
Gosehsns nominsss. The rssxlt WI ~
. general reconstruetion ol ~ oaninik
Coseheu hes asksd Lord Nesthbrooar -
become Sir r. A. Cross' surosssok. MS
also wants Mr.. Ritchis ia ths Cebi,5k.
- he desires the lattsr's supposs = -
work Of reshaping the local sovsrsa1iA
bill. Sir n. Hicks-Beaeh and Lau
Ashbosns lsft Dablin for L3ndak'
night, they are coming to ss1sl 4
Cabinet council to-morrow. 6lr r41d
still adheres to his determina - 10 -
main IN his present ofioe. "a a.
cial circles this Il accepted ~ sotttcA
In the reconstructed Csbinst. ".
Smith will be First Lord Of tko Tfooo.
ury and leader in the House Of ca.
mons, and Lord Salisbury, Premiss -
Foreign Minister. Before aeospsiog ~
Office, Mr.. Goschsn closely scrutInis6a
the accounts and estimates OF the wnr
and navy departments. in order 70 osoee-
tain whether or not there were any
grounds for Lord Randolph Churchill
charging maladministration. He fcuua
that Lovd Randolph had been mislsd ~
wrong data. y hich, it Is supposed, weeo
supplied throuRh interested Tfsasery
officials. Mr.. Goschen is oonvinced thss
Lord Randolph Is unable to prove NJ
allegations, and that Lord Salisbury ~
right In refusing to reduce ths estimatos.
Mr.. Chamberlain authorizes denial u
the statement that . conferences hes besn
arranged between hinself and the 0tad-
seonian leaders.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
A BRUTAL MURDER.
A Denver Colored MAN Has His
Throat Cut.

DENVER, January ga. Il. Nickers,
one of the most prominent colored men
OF the city, was brutally assassinated in
his barber shop sometime last night. His
body, lying upon the floor Of the shop
in great pool of coagulated blood, was
discovered at an early hour this morn
ing. The assassin had struck his vic.
tim ON the back of tine head with beer
bottle, knocking him senseless and pro-
dncing fracture of the skull. He then
took razor and cut Niekers' throat
from ear to ear, severiog the jugular
veins and windpipe, leaving o gaping
wound six inches long and two inches
across, exposing the spinal column,
which had been partly severed by the
blow from the razor. Nickers had $500
on his person late last night, and as only
So was found on the body after the mur.
der it is supposed ths crime was commit
ted for robbery. Charles Green, EN-.
ployed by Nickers and who rooms at
the latter's house was arrested, and over
half the money was found hid under his
bed. This slain man leaves wife and
three children.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
VERY ENCOURAGING.
Congress Will Give CallHOfmla
| SOme C0naideraslon.

C0nGreSs Will Give CallHOfmla
some Considsrasien.
WAsHINNGroN, January 3.-There are
several measures well along in the course
of procedure in Congress that are Of
great interest to California. There il NO
reason yet to believe that they will not
all pass and become laws. The first in
Importance 10 the Sweet Wine Bill.
II this bill fails it will be due entirely
to neglect. Itis in the handsof Confer
ence Committee which does not meet be.
cause Of the absence Of Senator Jones Of
Nevada. There 10 no immediate danger
10 further short delay in this matter.
a. the Conference Committee has the
right Of way at ell times.
The bill appropriating $4,000 for a
public building at Los Angeles will pass
without doubt.
California will fare we'll in the River
and Harbor Bill, but the fate Of the
measure is still in doubt. There are no
other measures of local interest to Cali.
fornia that have much chance Of pass.
ing.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Rumblings in Maryland.

BALTIMORE, January 3.-Dispatches
received in this city this morning from
Westminster, Frederick, Emmettsburg
and other towns in Western Maryland
stating that the inhabitants are consid.
erably excited over violent shocks and
loud rumblings which had awakened
them from sleep, and continHed at inter-
walls from II 80 last night till early this
morning. No damage is done as far as
can be learned, but as the country is
mountainous the people are spprehen.
sive of grave troubles. Congressman
Shaw, who lives at Westminster, says
he was awakened by what sounded like
the bias ing OF rocks and the pictures
were shaken from the, walls in other
hopaes. He heard two distinct shocks
rapid succession. The mercury at
Westminster was four degrees below
zero this morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
EASTERN.
A Level Headed New York
Judge.
HE SrIKES AT A GREAT EVIL,
And Holds that 1t is Robbery to
form Corners on Articles
of Food.

Special TO the Herald by the Assocfated Press i
NEW YORK, January 3.-James r.
Keene, the New York millionaire, and
Washington Butchers sons, in Decem-
Der, 1850, formed pool to advance the
price of lard, and employed e. A. Kent
4 Co.. of this city, and Poole. Kent &
Co.. of Chicago. brokers for the pur.
chase and sale Of lard. It il said that .
small fortune was realisod. The mem.
bers of the pool charged that their
brokers had defrauded them by making
fictitious purchases and sales. Ksene
sued Kent and others in the Supreme
Court to recover his share of the profits
of the pool. They intsrposed the de.
Tense that the transactions were gam.
bling and that the law would not force
them to account. Judge Daniels, at o
general term of the Supreme Court, has
rendered his decision in the matter,
reversing the opinion of the court below.
which directed the brokers to fill bill
OF particulars of the pool transactions.
He holds that the defense interposed 10
valid and that the law does not sanction
that form of gambling combinations to
keep articles Of food and other necessi--
ties of the market, with view of get.
ting high prices. They are unlawful;
conspiracies punishable as o crime
Were they successfully carried out the
effect would be to impose an additional
burden on the public. and is little less
than respectable robbery unsanctioned
by law. There are no. legal means to
force division of the plumber. They
cannot appeal to the courts. The de.
cision concludes by saying that Keene
has no right to expect that the court
will interpose its suthority in his be-
half, to enforce that well known princi.
pie of honor, upon which bis alleged
rights must be successfully defended.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
AN ALLIANCE.
Russia and Gsrnany g Waan
Tegesher.

LosDoH, January 3.-Biowiix, -
Paris correspondent of the Tisses, posi-
lively confirms his recent statement thas
Russia and Germany have concludsd :
direct alliance Blowitz says that ~
the terms Of this new alliance Raasia
binds herself to remain neutral in ths
event Of war between Frame and c..
many and Germany binds herself = ~
main neutral in the event Of war -
tween Russia and Austria. He fartkss
says that while there can be no donhf
about the existence Of this imperi61
cOmpA6t there are two stories aS e IL
manner in which the treaty was efFects6.
The old story is that II was negotiated ~
the Gar and Emperor Will m thrcuGk
personal correspondence. and the otkor
is that Bismarck and DeGiers coutrived
the alliance by personal discussioa.
Blowitz says he does not know which q
these stories il the correct one.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Released from Prison.

Andrew Mannerstadt, sent up from
San Pedro on October 23d by Justice
Tanner, on the charge of obtaining
goods by false pretenses, was yesterday
discharged on writ of habess corpus.
The prisoner has been in jail ever since,
in default of $3.50 bonds, though no in.
formation was filed against him, and the
District Attorney stated in court
that there was not enough evidence to
convict.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
A Dishonest Hotel Clerk.

Robert Carter, cabinet maker by oc-
cupation, but who has lately bsen en-
ployed by VIM. B. Salmon, ffoprietor
of the Southern Hotel, as night CLERK,
ON Sunday silently folded his tent,
packed up his trunk and departed for
San Francisco by the Steamer Santa
Rosa. He took along $l2 so belonging
to his employer, also six pairs of sheets,
table cloths. knives and forks and set
of carpenters tools belonging to q guest
Mr.. Salmon yesterday swore out war.
rant for Carter's arrest and he will be ar.
rested at his arrival at San Francisco.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
A NaW Building.

Yesterday the contract was let for an
elegant four-story building TO be erected
by VIM. Vickery. on the corner of Main
and Sonora streets. The bids were
opened at the office of R. B. Young,
the architect, and the building
will cost, under contract, price
$3l. 900. It will front fifty.nine
feet on Main street and 100 feet on So.
nora street. There will be tve store.
rooms on the first floor and sixty three
Office rooms above. The building will
be of pressed brick with marble trim.
mings.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
THE NORTHERN CITRUS FAlR.
It Strikes she Chicago People
FavOrabiy.

Favorably.
CHICAGO, January 3.-The citrus fair
of Northern and Central California, run.
ming in this city, has furnished mum.
Der of revelations to fruit men. On ex-
hibition are watermelons, nuts. dates,
orasges, olives, lines. lemons. and yari.
Gus kinds Of semi.trspieal fruits, which
ripen in the open air in December. The
Placer county display of raisins furnishes
a striking illustration Of the causes that
are driving imported raisins out of The
market. Included in the exhibit are ten
boxes of raisine similar in appearance.
Nine boxes are California raisins and the
tenth one contains imported fine crown
Dehesa from Spain, and experts are
challenged to pick it out. Fine raisins
are also shown, faced by maohinsry. far
superior in appearance to any imported
article. ffs41' So,
One of the morning papers, speaking
OF the citrus fair in progress here, says:
sacramento county makes = splendid
sAAo" nus ~ VIZ os-Aoo A0tIs sVRO4 t00
table set apart for this county il ro-
fusion Of oranges, lemons, lines, figs,
olives, olive oil. Japanese persimmons, al
monds and prunes, . large assortment
OF dried fruit. including apples. peaches,
apricots, pears, plums. neotarines, pore. |
granates and shaddocks. Butte county
exhibits very choice varieties of budded |
oranges-such as st. Michael, Blood,
Konah, Burst. Mediterranean Sweet and |
Washington Navel, besides there 10 al. |
most an endless variety Of seedlings of |
greater or less desirabiIity. Placer |
county's exhibits of county products are
largely raised upon old mining ground,
and the oranges shown were grown at On |
elevation of from 900 Il. 200 feet. A 70.
msrkable fact about the fruit exhibited |
from Nevada county is that 1t was entire. |
ly grown at an elevation of 1000 feet
above sea level. This is extraordinary,
but it is excelled by Placer county,
where it is said there is thrifty and pro.
duo i've growth at an altitude of 1000
feet. Old Shasta. away up in the north.
ern end Of Sacramento valley, sends
some Mediterranean Sweet seedlings.
Among other counties represented ct the
fair are El Dorado. Sutter, Naps, So
noma, Yolo, Yuba and Solano."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
CaIifornfa Fruite,

New York, January 3.-The Market
Journal says: California fruits are no
longer coming forward, and there will be
no more arrivals this season except Of
oranges and raisins. Oranges will begin
to arrive from the middle to the last Of
January. 1t will also be rememt cred
that Florida has this season only about
two. thirds of crop of oranges.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Rate Cutting.

SAN Francisco, January 3.-Though
no open rate cutting is being done. it is
vet understood that considerable reduc-
lions are being made on eastern passen.
ger rates. Tickets to New York in sew
eral cases were sold at SCI to-day at one
of the overland offices. while the Cana
dian Pacific offers rate Of $50 to New
York
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Instantly Killed.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 3.-Ernest
Roeber, carpenter, 27 years old. while
At work on a staging to-day. In front Of
: house at 2Ol7 Bush street, was instant
" killed by bundle of shingles falling
mpon him from the story above. The
ahinpIes struck him on the back of the
neck and fractured the vertebre.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Goschen. wan Accept.

LONDON, January 3.-Goschen has, %
10 officially announced, accepted The
Office Of Chancellor Of the Exohequsr.
The Pail Nall Gazetts says: Chamber
lain has consented TO have . private
informal conference ON the Irish once
tion with Gladstone, Morley and Aar-
court
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Funeral Of Eltimge smith.

A fearful bereavement has come to the
household of Col. George II. Smith, in
the death of his promising young son.
Eltinge, which occurred at 3 O'Clock
Sunday morning The illness was of short
duration, and death resulted from lock.
jaw. Eltinge was one of the brightest
boys of his age the writer has ever
known, and the blow falls heavily upon
the members of the family and large
circle of friends. The funeral took
place yesterday morning from st. Paurs
Church, Rev. f. Birdsall officiating.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
q. M. Holton II Charmed.

Upon the opening of Department OF
the Superior Court yesterday morning q
pleasant surprise was given to the out
going District Attorney G. M. Holton
IN the shape Of presentation to that
officer on behalf of the Judge and Off.
GERS of the court OF Knights Templar
charm. Judge Cheney was lavish in
his enconiums uponthe sble and faithful
manner in which the District Attorney
had performed the arduous duties of his
Office for the past two years, and Mr..
Holton responded in his usual graceful
stvle.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
Crowded Out.

Owing to press of advertisements
the proceedings of the Board Of Educa-
tion. the great meeting at Armory Hall,
with address Of Mr.. Easton. the City
Treasurer's report, real estate record and
a large amount of local matter have
been crowded out of the HERALD this
morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
The weather.

SAN FRANcrsco, January 3. - Fair
weather has prevailed on the Coast, ex.
cept in the western part Of Washington
Territory, where light rains have fallen.
following are the amounts reported: Ia
toosh Isiand IT. Olympia .02, and As
toria .Ol.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-04
rhe new state Officers.

SACRAMENTO, January Sat present
It 10 calculated that Governor Bartlett
will be inaugurated on Thursday. when
his inaugural address will be delivered
TO the State Legislature. At noon to-
day all of the State officers except
Treasurer Hsrold took possession under
the certificates issued to them by Sscre-
tetsry of State Thompson. The Treas.
ury will not be turned over to Herold
until tn, money shall have been counted.